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Local History Section

The aim of this section is to encourage and promote the study of local history in Hampshire, both through the section's own activities and liaison with local history societies throughout the county. 

We organize an annual lecture, spring symposium, summer outing and outing and AGM in the autumn often with the help of a local society as well as other occasional courses and events.

Articles on Local History in the Newsletter include book reviews, details of new accessions in the Hampshire Record Office and new local publications, and brief pieces on aspects of Hampshire's history. The British Association for Local History have produced an online E-Newsletter; the edition for Jan/Feb 2021 includes information about an article by Roger Ottewill.

The Section has close ties with the Hampshire Record Office and with the local history section of the County Library.

Current programme: a full listing of all events organised by the different sections of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society.

 Old Kingsclere
Views of Kingsclere Church

Archives

These form an integral part of the study of Local History. Barry Shurlock has produced a twenty-minute talk giving an online guide to different archives.

Events in 2025

Saturday 26th April - Spring Symposium at the Hampshire Record Office, Winchester, SO23 8TH. This year's Symposium addresses a range of activities and actions of a rebellious, subverting or protesting nature in Hampshire over many centuries.

Painting of Jack Cade by Charles Lucy

Painting by Charles Lucy, entitled "Lord Saye and Sele brought before Jack Cade 4th July 1450" (in the public domain)

Saturday 5th July - jointly with the Landscape Section - a Summer Outing to Crondall in N. E. Hampshire. The most recent visit of the Hampshire Field Club was in 1913!

Past Events

For details of past events please visit the Local History Section Archive pages.

Contact
Any questions about the Local History Section? Then email local-history@hantsfieldclub.org.uk.